English Words: P
46,516 words · Page 429 of 931
To perform an action in which the result falls apart immediately or to work on organizing something that cannot be organized.
Any of a group of iodine-containing indole alkaloids resembling hypaphorine and first reported in the Caribbean sponge Plakortis simplex.
A 2005 controversy around the alleged leaking to the media of the identity of Valerie Plame, a covert CIA agent.
A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
Abbreviation of People's Liberation Army Navy Air Force: The aviation and air defence branch of the navy of the People's Republic of China
Any of various flatworms of the order Tricladida living in marine, freshwater, or terrestrial environments.
A type of flat-top grill used for cooking, composed of a thick plate of metal above the heating element to provide thermal mass and eliminate hot spots.
A position where the gymnast is horizontal and face-down, using only the hands as support.
A unit of length, believed to be the scale at which quantum gravity effects become significant, that is defined in terms of the speed of light, the gravitational constant and the reduced Planck's constant, namely: ℓ_P=√hbar Gc³≈1.616 252(81)×10⁻³⁵ mbox m
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The English alphabetical index for the letter P contains 46,516 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 931 pages, and you are currently viewing page 429. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.
On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.
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